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Results challenge conventional wisdom about where the brain processes visual informationNeuroscientists generally think of the front end of the human visual system as a simple light detection system: The patterns produced when light falls on the retina are relayed to the visual cortex at the rear of the brain, where all of the "magic" happens that transforms these patterns into the three-dimensional world view that we perceive with our mind's eye.http://medicalxpress.com/news/2015-03-results-conventional-wisdom-brain-visual.html
NeuroscienceMon, 02 Mar 2015 11:00:09 ESTnews344511969New insight into how brain performs 'mental time travel'In Proust's novel Recollection of Things Past, the distinctive smell of a lemon madeleine launches the narrator on a long, involved reminiscence of his past that fills seven chapters.http://medicalxpress.com/news/2015-02-insight-brain-mental.html
NeuroscienceTue, 17 Feb 2015 17:00:01 ESTnews343380977Circadian clock-Angelman syndrome link establishedMonitoring participants' biological clocks may be the quickest way to determine the effectiveness of experimental drugs currently under development to treat Angelman syndrome: a debilitating genetic disorder that occurs in more than one in every 15,000 live births.http://medicalxpress.com/news/2015-02-circadian-clock-angelman-syndrome-link.html
GeneticsThu, 05 Feb 2015 12:00:05 ESTnews342355033New reset button discovered for circadian clockThe discovery of a new reset button for the brain's master biological clock could eventually lead to new treatments for conditions like seasonal affective disorder, reduce the adverse health effects of working the night shift and possibly even cure jet lag.http://medicalxpress.com/news/2015-02-reset-button-circadian-clock.html
NeuroscienceMon, 02 Feb 2015 11:27:12 ESTnews342098825Improving breast cancer chemo by testing patient's tumors in a dishOne of the tragic realities of cancer is that the drugs used to treat it are highly toxic and their effectiveness varies unpredictably from patient to patient. However, a new "tumor-in-a-dish" technology is poised to change this reality by rapidly assessing how effective specific anti-cancer cocktails will be on an individual's cancer before chemotherapy begins.http://medicalxpress.com/news/2014-10-breast-cancer-chemo-patient-tumors.html
CancerTue, 28 Oct 2014 13:33:37 ESTnews333722008Brain surgery through the cheek: A new way to treat severe epilepsyFor those most severely affected, treating epilepsy means drilling through the skull deep into the brain to destroy the small area where the seizures originate – invasive, dangerous and with a long recovery period.http://medicalxpress.com/news/2014-10-brain-surgery-cheek-severe-epilepsy.html
NeuroscienceWed, 15 Oct 2014 15:27:41 ESTnews332605651Combined drugs and therapy most effective for severe nonchronic depressionThe odds that a person who suffers from severe, nonchronic depression will recover are improved by as much as 30 percent if they are treated with a combination of cognitive therapy and antidepressant medicine rather than by antidepressants alone. However, a person with chronic or less severe depression does not receive the same additional benefit from combining the two.http://medicalxpress.com/news/2014-08-combined-drugs-therapy-effective-severe.html
Psychology & PsychiatryWed, 20 Aug 2014 16:00:01 ESTnews327761239Fault trumps gruesome evidence when it comes to punishmentIssues of crime and punishment, vengeance and justice date back to the dawn of human history, but it is only in the last few years that scientists have begun exploring the basic nature of the complex neural processes in the brain that underlie these fundamental behaviors.http://medicalxpress.com/news/2014-08-fault-trumps-gruesome-evidence.html
NeuroscienceSun, 03 Aug 2014 13:00:08 ESTnews326259134Rising tobacco epidemic in Asia linked to elevated risk of death(Medical Xpress)—A new study estimates that tobacco smoking has been linked to approximately 2 million deaths among adult men and women in Asia in recent years and predicts a rising death toll.http://medicalxpress.com/news/2014-06-tobacco-epidemic-asia-linked-elevated.html
HealthWed, 11 Jun 2014 08:19:05 ESTnews321693531Brain mapping confirms patients with schizophrenia have impaired ability to imitateAccording to George Bernard Shaw, "Imitation is not just the sincerest form of flattery – it's the sincerest form of learning." According to psychologists, imitation is something that we all do whenever we learn a new skill, whether it is dancing or how to behave in specific social situations.http://medicalxpress.com/news/2014-03-brain-patients-schizophrenia-impaired-ability.html
Psychology & PsychiatryFri, 14 Mar 2014 09:21:19 ESTnews314007667Baby hearts need rhythm to develop correctly(Medical Xpress)—To develop correctly, baby hearts need rhythm...even before they have blood to pump.http://medicalxpress.com/news/2014-02-baby-hearts-rhythm-correctly.html
Medical researchTue, 18 Feb 2014 16:22:25 ESTnews311962925In the brain the number of neurons in a network may not matterA study has found that the time it takes neural networks in the brain to make decisions is remarkably stable regardless of size: a finding that could make it easier to achieve the goal of the President's BRAIN Initiative established last spring.http://medicalxpress.com/news/2014-02-brain-neurons-network.html
NeuroscienceMon, 03 Feb 2014 15:00:05 ESTnews310646974Employment may lead to improvement in autism symptoms(Medical Xpress)—More independent work environments may lead to reductions in autism symptoms and improve daily living in adults with the disorder, according to a new study released in the Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders.http://medicalxpress.com/news/2014-01-employment-autism-symptoms.html
Autism spectrum disordersWed, 15 Jan 2014 09:20:06 ESTnews308998585Study gives new meaning to 'let your fingers do the walking'When you are typing away at your computer, you don't know what your fingers are really doing. That is the conclusion of a study conducted by a team of cognitive psychologists at Vanderbilt and Kobe Universities. It found that skilled typists can't identify the positions of many of the keys on the QWERTY keyboard and that novice typists don't appear to learn key locations in the first place.http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-12-fingers.html
Psychology & PsychiatryWed, 04 Dec 2013 17:50:16 ESTnews305401799iPads help late-speaking children with autism develop languageThe iPad you use to check email, watch episodes of Mad Men and play Words with Friends may hold the key to enabling children with autism spectrum disorders to express themselves through speech. New research indicates that children with autism who are minimally verbal can learn to speak later than previously thought, and iPads are playing an increasing role in making that happen, according to Ann Kaiser, a researcher at Vanderbilt Peabody College of education and human development.http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-11-ipads-late-speaking-children-autism-language.html
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